| Clue | | Date |
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| The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first woman, 'The Queen of Soul' | |
| They win Super Bowl XXI 39-20 over the Broncos | |
| This flamboyant pianist passes away from AIDS | |
| Chrysler acquires this maker of the Gremlin | |
| U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on this scandal, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal. | |
| U2 releases this 5th studio album which contains the song 'With or Without You' | |
| The 1986 Best Picture Oscar goes to this war film | |
| Portugal and the PRC agree this colony will be handed over in 1999 | |
| This cartoon first appears on The Tracy Ullman Show | |
| Tom Cruise marries this actress | |
| West German pilot Mathias Rust illegally lands a plane in this Russian plaza | |
| This Stephen King novel with Paul Sheldon as a character (James Caan played him in the film) is published | |
| This dancer and film actor of films like 'Three Little Words' and 'Carefree', passes away | |
| The 'Butcher of Lyon', he is sentenced to life imprisonment | |
| Rudolf Hess is found dead in his prison cell in this borough of Berlin | |
| Set in Hyrule, this video game, is released in North America for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| This televangelist and host of 'The 700 Club' announces he will run for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination | |
| Susumu Tonegawa wins this award for his discovery of the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity. | |
| Name given to this day when stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world. | |
| Known as fluoxetine, this anti-depressant makes its US debut | |
| They defeat the Cardinals 4 games to 3 to win the World Series | |
| This sitcom about the Bundy family premieres on Fox | |
| SN 1987A is first 'naked eye' visible one of these explosions in almost 400 years | |
| This son of Alydar wins the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes | |
| This chilvaric order, founded in 1348, is opened to women | |
| Larry Wall creates this interpreted dynamic programming language which is symbolized by a camel | |
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